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Genus Afrogethes

Afrogethes canadensis Afrogethes canadensis Afrogethes canadensis Nitidulidae? - Afrogethes canadensis Nitidulidae? - Afrogethes canadensis Meligethes aeneus (Fabricius) - Afrogethes saevus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea (Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles)
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)
Genus Afrogethes
Explanation of Names
Afrogethes Audisio & Cline 2009
Numbers
2 spp. in our area [A. canadensis (Easton), A. saevus (J. LeConte)], ~150 spp. total (of which many undescribed), arrange into at least five species-groups(1)
Size
worldwide, 1.4–4.4 mm(1)
Range
mainly Afrotropical, with meager representation in Europe, e. Asia, and NA(1)
Food
various species-groups are associated with flowers of Verbenaceae, Boraginaceae, Fabaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Audisio P., Cline A.R., De Biase A., et al. 2009. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.